The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-17
NEW TACTICS IN IRELAND.

Allegation that the Church Win Cooperate
with the English Authorities.
T. p. ellis Special New York Tribune.
The following communication has reached mo
through person in London whose position and
character lend it a special Importance. It will
appear tomorrow in Omitted Ireland" and form
the text of its first leader. You will at once see
the great gravity of it's import
.'Unionist circles here in London are greatly
elated at present a stroke of policy which it
is confidently predicted will relieve the Irish
government from ali its difficulties. 1t is freely
asserted that the government have succeeded at
last in securing the cooperation OF Monsicnor
Persico, we'll as of few prominent Irish
bishops. Monsignor Persico it is said, has I'M
dertaken to control the Irish priesthood, and
prevent them from opposing the action of the
executive, matter how extreme il may be. In
consideration for this service the statement IS
that the government have undertaken ~ to
dow richly a Catholic university. and ~ to
ceive an envoy from the Pope and to send an
ambassador to the Vatican.
THE Unionists loudly boast that this arrange
ment will enable them to crush the Nationalist
party in Ireland. The programme is that all
the troublesome leaders of the National move
ment are to be got under lock and key. the
priests to be silenced and compelled to leave the
leagues and Irish dsconr tent to be finally allayed
with the cooperation OF the Unionst bishops
by generous endowment to Catholic univer-
sity. / am, of course unable to say what
amount of truth there is in this, but it is the
common talK of Unionist circles"
/ Will not presume 6t THIS stage TO say what
amount of truth there is in the rumor to which
this correspondent refers. 1t is beyond question
that governments circles circulating this
runnor very confidently. United Ireland to-
morrow will treat it a baseless rumor put for
ward by the government in their desperate
straits for the purpose of creating distrust be-
tween the Irish priests and the Irish people,
whose union in this crisis is the most formidable
fact the coercionistS have to contend with.
Mr.. Bafour cannot 60 on in his present course
any longer without arresting the presrs and he
breads that If he is compelled to arrest a
number OF popular and respected priests the
whole body of the Irish clergy will resent this
with indignation and emulate the example and
court the fate of their imprisoned brethren.
United Ireland" will contend that the govern
ment putting forward these rumors with
moment which Is at hand The calculation is
that if TO the sufferiugs Of imprisonment. which
the priests are ready cheerfully to face, were
added the fear of the condemnation of the Holy
See administered through Monsignor Persico,
and the apprehension that their own bishops
secretly in league against them. the strain
would prove much for the courage of the
priests to bear. At the critical moment, while
these ideas were prevalent IN their minds. Mr.
Bafour might make stroke against them.
and they, instead of holding their ground,
would run away.
That is the alleged calculation which the gov
ernment have in their minds In spreading these
rumors which nav be baseless. If the rumors
be true, however. need not say that the state
of things revealed taking place between Mon
sgnor Persico, the Irish bishops and the gov
eminent would mean the precipitation of crisis